Once upon a time, there lived a woodcutter named Bhola.
Bhola worked at King’s royal kitchen. His job was to ensure that the royal
kitchen should never run out of firewood. His routine was to get up early in
the morning, mount his horse, and go to the jungle to get firewood.
One fine day when he got up, it was raining very heavily.
There was no firewood in the royal reserve too, as one day prior the king had
hosted a huge gathering. Alas, today it was pouring continuously. Worried Bhola
didn’t know what he should do. He went to meet the king and said, “My Lord, I
am quitting my job as the royal woodcutter. I failed to provide firewood to the
royal kitchen this morning. I am not the best in my work.”
The queen who was also present in the room, said, “But my
Lord, we have enough food from last evening's gathering we don’t need firewood for
the next two days.”
The King and queen said to Bhola it was not his fault. But
Bhola insisted on quitting the job.
The king asked him to give his ax to him and asked him to
promise not to do woodcutting ever. He gave his ax to the king and promised the
king that he would do as he said.
“You have given your ax to me, now you can leave,” said the
King.
Bhola left the palace. He only took his clothes and
coins he had saved from his salary. He reached his village. Every day he missed
his ax dearly. Bhola thought about what job can he do apart from woodcutting.
Soon his coins, his savings were over and he had not thought of a new job.
He went back to the palace and told the King what he felt
and asked him to give his ax back.
King laughed and said, “Now you realize that to do your job,
you need not be best, but you need to be sincere. That you are. You missed your ax and you
love your job very sincerely. Rains were just a situation that was out of your
control.”
Bhola happily took his ax back and joined back as the royal
woodcutter.
Moral- Don’t try to become the best; try to be sincere.
About the writer:
Nisha B Thakur is the author of a Murder Mystery | The Unexpected Trail read at https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0BB88QHM5
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